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Specification of Letters Eetent. Fatgqgyy tgfl may 31, 1293?,

application filed July 5, 1912, alerts No. 707,940. Renewed may 25, 1916. serial 2 1's. 99,909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it lmown that l, Annunr J. Hannah, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Rochelle, in the State of New York, have inveiited certain. new and useful improvements in Package-Wrappers; and I do hereby declare the following to he a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. I

My present invention has relation to a machine for wrapping articles of any suitable nature, and, in the preferred form shown, the invention is particularly adapted for use, on the one hand, for wrapping loaves of bread, and on the other hand, for wrapping such articles as it is desired to keep always right side up. While I have mentioned paper, throughout this specification, as the material which is used forwrapping the loaves or other articles, it is to be understood that my machine may employ any appropriate material in this connection.

The invention, viewed most broadly comprises the combination of three essential main units connected by appropriate automatic mechanism for cooperative movement; by which I mean such movements in the units respectively as by their natures and mutually related timing will serve to cause all three to act consistently together in producing the finished wrapping'of the leaf of bread or other article.

The relative positions of the three elements, each as a whole, is not material to the present invention, nor do I confine myself in my broadest claims to any particular system whereby the units are made to act in the proper order. I prefer, however, to

place the three units in a row or series, and to employ a. package conveyor to carry the loaf or other article to the diiierent units in the order desired and to carry it away when wrapped and secured.

The three units in question may appropriately and respectively be called the paper-up lying unit, the folding unit and the binding. unit. In the preferred form of my machine these are supplemented by a fourth unit which may be called the package conveyer. It is also clear that, when it is not intended to bind the package, the paper applying unit may be combined with the paper folding unit alone.

Each of three main units comprises certain combinations and. sub-combinations of secondary units more or less essential to the invention; and, in the following specification, I have assigned to each of these a distinctive name. It will be understood that, where each of these names is employed in my claims, it is intended to cover, not merely the device shown and described herein under that name, but the substantial equivalent thereof as a whole.

It is one advantage of my invention that all the various parts can be made adjustable so as to make a given machine easily convertible for wrapping packages of different sizes.

A preferred embodiment of my invention is shown by way of example in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure l is a side elevation of the principal parts of the entire machine, Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the paper-applying unit omitting certain features for clearness, Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the paper-applying unit, Fig. 4

is a side view of the principal movable elements of the paper conveyer, showing its relation to the article to be wrapped, Fig. 5 is a plan view of the same, Fig. 6 is a side view of the shifter for the package lifter and paper adjuster, Fig. 7 is a. sectional view on the line 7'7 in Fig. 6, Fig. 8 is a perspective view of one position of the lifting cradle and tension blades, Fig. 9 is a plan view of the entrance end of the package conveyer, showing a loaf ready to be carried in and wrapped, Fig. 10 is a similar view of the exit end of the conveyor, Fig. 11 is a perspective view of certain portions of the conveyer belt, Figs. 12 andv 13 show in plan certain portions of the gumming device in the binding unit, Fig. 14-, shows the travelin frame for the ribbon conveyer, partly in e ovation and partly in section, 15 is an end elevation of the folding unit, Fig. 16 is a side elevation of the same, Fig. l? is a perspective view of the combined steadying device and initial folding blades, Fig. 18 is a similar view of the side folding mechanism, F ig. 19 is a similar view of the linal'folding mechanism, Fig. 20 is a side elevation of the principal elements of the binding unit, Fig. 21 is an end elevation of the same, Fig. 22 is a. similar view of the compressing mechanism, Fig. is a similar view of one of the ribbon securing mechanisms, Fig. is a perspective view of the compressing plate and shaft. Fio. 25 is a are ective view of a ribbon securing plate with its lifting stem,

are the endless belt, the belt supp not intended as precise guides to a builder; since these arefeatures whmh are within the province of those skilled in the machinists art. The drawings merely illuscrate the principles of my invention in'its various aspects, and in connection with a preferred embodiment of those pri ciples. Inasmuch as the preferred form if my machine which. is illustrated herein.

- ploys the three essential units in a row in.

combination with a preferred main unit which I have called the package conveyor, it "ill be convenient to describe this last named unit as a preliminary to. discussing the others. I

The package conveyer in its preferred form consists of three essential secondary units, which may or may not be combined with certain other preferred devices. hese and the intermittent driver. The terns inittent, as applied to the last named secondary is to be understood as covering means for producing effective Increments separa intervals during which the belt is eitli move very slov is maintained sta s be t, connrises valent chains or the i appropriate in for pae la ge hold L posed r g blocks best c- Fig. ll, at of lifting ably sep d a p plainedi no blocks erablv no ed upo' 5 base cc,

vices, an ssting the positions centering b ow-s.

s provided wi s ngaged 5 drums 5?, col

- ittent d e d or" the belt is see order to 1 main un o long enot interwheel 59. Driven in a well known manner by the pin on an extension of the disk 61. This disk is driven by the broken gears 62 and 63, driven in turn, as shown, by the main driving" shaft 64:, so that the pin 60 makes an entire revolution during one half the time of a main shaft revolution and remains stationary during the other half of the time. The gears 62,133 are so proportioned that the pin 60 has double the angular rate of revolutionrof the main shaft; and, since the forward movement of the wheel 59 and drum 5.7 is accomplished during a quarter revolution of the pin 60, it follows that each interval of belt movement corresponds to one eighth of the time taken for one turn of the main shaft 64. The arrowsin Fig. 1 show the direction of movement of parts.

The main shaft 6% is driven, for instance by a sprocket wheel 65 through a clutch 66.

The loaf or other article 67, having been placed upon the lifting blocks 52, and centered or confined between the blocks 51, moves inward toward the paper-applying unit, in the'direction of the arrow in 9. The transverse position of the article 6'? is automatically adjusted by the adjustingv rails 68 which can be accurately placed upon the machine frame 69 by means of the slotted brackets TO and screws 71. V

order to remove the package from the conveyer, after wrapping, package receiving blades 72, or equivalent bridging means, supplied, extending from the level of belt near the top of the drum 5'? to the ery chute 8 (see Figs. 1 and 1.0). in order to steady the article being wrapped upon the flexible belt, I provide a belt-support, which, in the preferred for shown comprises a snioothinetallic table 74, -eterably provided'with belt guides in the rorni of suitable longitudinal ridges "to so on the table as to press lightly upon edges of the belt 50.

e essential main unit to which the is brought is the'paper-applying -ferred form of which is best in Figs. 1 to 8 inclusive. unit four essential secondary units or not be combined with erred adjuncts. 'lhese essential units the paper feeding paper conveyer, the package the paper adjuster.

ular construction of the paper to me no part of this invenadjnstably placed at the of e, as indicated in Fig. l. push the paper forward ti ate Y8, at the ezr einity ea as hereinarter is a familiar organization of" scribed. The rolls 77 are driven by a gear train 79, driven by a countershaft 80 in any well known 'manner. Thisshaft is driven by gears 81 and a vertical shaft 82, which latter is driven by the main shaft 64, through a gear 83.

When the belt stops the article 67 is just under the paper feeding means resting on the lifting blocks as shown in Fig. l and in full lines in Fig. This position is represented diagrammatically in Fig. 29. In order to permit operation of the paper conveyer. it is necessary that the article he lifted into the position shown in dotted lines in ing this effect is the indrawing of the package lifter, and, as this element is closely associated with the paper adjuster in my preferred machine, the two will be described together.

The preferred form of package lifter and paper adjuster is shown .best in Figs. 3, 7 and 8. A. sliding carriage S4 is carried upon horizontal guide bars 85. From the sides of the carriage 81 there extend two pins 86 embraced by forks 87 on the shifting lever 88. The position of the carriage and shifting lever when the belt first stops is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3. The lever 88 is pivoted at 89 and has a pin 90 entering the groove 91 of the shifting cam 92. This cam is on the shaft 93 driven by the bevel gear 94 on the main shaft 64. A similar cam and shifting lever, operated by the shaft 95, is

" used on the opposite side of the machine for actuating the securin blades hereinafter described as a part of the paper adjuster. This mechanism, being merely the duplicate of that just described, is omitted to give room for a drawing of larger scale than would otherwise be possible.

The tension device, forming a part of the paper adjuster, comprises a tension body 96 on a sleeve 97, keyed to and sliding within the carriage 81-. To this body are fixed the thin fiat horizontal tension blades 98.

The package lifter comprisesalifting body 99 on a. lifting stem 100, keyed to and sliding within the sleeve 97. To the body 99 is fixed the lifting cradle composed of the thin flatlifting blades 101, and steadying blades 102.

As soon as the article comes to rest in the position represented by Fig. 29, the cam 92 acts to draw in the blades 98. 101 and 102, by shifting the carriage 81 to the position shown in full lines in Fig. 3. At this time, as also shown in Fig. 3,-the two bodies 96 and 99 are close together, as are their blades and 101. At the same time the opposed shifter (not shown) carrying the securing blades 103, draws in said blades so that they occupy the position shown in Fig. 3. The

condition of the package at this time is exemplified by Fig. 30.

The first movement toward produc- It is to be understood that, as the blades are drawn inward toward the middle line of the machine as hitherto described, the lifting blades 101 slip under the article within the spaces between the lifting blocks and these spaces also accommodate the blades 98 and 103.

The shaft 93 carries a gear 101, which drives the gear 105 on the shaft 106, to which are fixed the lifting cams 107, and 108. The lifting stem of the package lifter comprises an extension 109 bearing on the cam 107, and the sleeve 97 has a lifting stem 110 attached to it, whose end bears upon the cam 108.

As soon as the position exemplified in Fig. 30 is reached, the cam 107 acts to raise the body 99 andattached blades, thus lifting the article into the dotted line position in Fig. 2, as exemplified in Fig. 31. It is at this moment that the advancing edge of the wrapping paper is carried past the under side of the article and under the blades 101 by the paper conveyer which has in the meantime begun its cycle of operation, and whose action and construction will now be described.

The paper conveyer comprises a closed guiding track, preferably circular in form and composedof the two rails 111 and 112, upon which there'travel the guidingwheels 113 of a conveyer carriage 114, having an adjustable extension 115, to which is pivoted a revoluble gripper disk 116. Fixed on the disk 116 is a gripping finger 117, and centrally pivoted thereon is a second finger 118. These fingers occupy different planes parallel to the disk 116 and carry the respective jaws 119 and 120 which overlap and are normally pressed togetherto grip anything placed between them by the spring 121 pressing against the tail of the finger 118.

A. spring 122 is attached at one end to the carriage extension 115 and at the other to the disk, and this spring acts normally to maintain the disk and fingers in a position relative to the carriage shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4e.

A driving gear 123, concentric with the rails 111 and 112 carries the carriage 114-,

and is driven by the main shaft through an appropriate gearing. In the form shown, this gearin comprises the pinions 124, 125, 126 and 12 the shaft 128, and the pinions 129 and 130 (see Fig. 2). This gearing is so calculated as to impart two full revolu-' tions to the carriage 114 for each revolution of the main shaft 6 1. The supplemental guide wheels 131, fixed to'the driving gear 123, serve to maintain the same in proper relation with the guide rails 111 and 112. The jaws 119' and 120, although broken 05' in Fig. 5, preferably extend across the machine andthe means herein describedfor operating the same are duplicated on the two sides of the machine. Being slilre on hoth sides these means are omitted on one side of the drawings, to save room.

In order to operate the gipper and cause it to seize the edge of the paper 132, 1 preferably employ two operating arms. @ne of these, shown at 13-3, called the disk-operating arm, is pivoted at one end to the disk 116 at 13%, and pessesthrough a guide 135' its extremity an oiiset operating rail The rails 142 end 1 1 3 are respectively in the.

a same plane with the arms 133 and 137. is-

esinuch as it isonly intended to cause the jaws 119 and 120 to grip a new piece of paper once for each two revolutions or the driving gear 123, o railshifier is provided which brings the rails into operative position (as shown in Fig. 1) at the proper moment for gripping the paper, While holding said rails out of operative position the remainder of the time; thus permitting the earrings 11 1 and arms 133 and 137 to ass the gripping point Without opening the jaws, once every other revolntion.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2 end 1 this rail shifter comprises a. lever 1441- moved by a rod 1 15 having a roller 1% which bears upon cam 14? on the main shaft. This earn is suitably shaped to carry out the function last above described.

Referring to Fig. 1-, it Will be seen that, "with the rails 1 12, H3 in operative position, ssthe carriage 114 comes under the paper 132, the are! 133 and roller 136 impinging upon the rail 142, the disk 116 is pushed around its pivot until it occupies the positionshown in Fig. 1. Finally the roller 140 strikes the rail 1 13, and the finger 118 is so tilted as to separate the jaws 119 and 120. At this moment there comes into driving position that portion'of the gear 1% which has missing teeth, as shown at 1418 in Fig. 2, and, in consequence, the jaws, with the carrings 11%, are arrested in the position shown in Fig. 4, end, as the paper 132, is bein fed constantly, the edge of this paper is projected hetween the jaws 119 and 120 just-fer enough so that, as t. e carriage 11 1- starts sgain and the roller 1&0 leaves the rail 143, releasing the finger 118, the jaws snap shot upon the end of the paper. At this moment the paper sheared by any appropriate ent- 1:26 begins to operate a ain and the carriage resumes its circular movement. Both rollers 136 shell 10 lesve the operating rails, and the disk end fingers resume the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. This brings the advancing edge of the paper close to the package 67, so that just as the lifting of the package is accomplished, as above described,

the fingers pose under it and drew the paper ecross beneath the blades 101.

As soon as the fingers have passed these hlsdes, the tension earn 108 posh-es up the tension device, and the tension blades 98 press the paper against the under side of the article 6?, creating the proper tension to maintain proper smoothness in the advancing sheet. plified in Fig. 32.

The fingers 117 and 118 then continue their orbital motion, drawing the sheet of paper of limited length after them, until said sheet assumes the position illustrated in Fig. 33, at which time the last, element of the paper adjuster, namely the paper securing blades 103 come into ploy.- 1 1s heretofore stated these are arranged to he pushed up by mechanism 111 all respects similar to that which raises the tension derice, which mechanism is operatedv by the shaft 95 {see Fig. 3) in the same manner as shaft 93 opcrates the tension blades, but on the opposite side of the machine. This mechanism, losing a mere duplication of What is shown in Fig. 3, is omitted in the drawing. Fig. 33 shows the relative position of the paper and the three sets of blades When the Wide sheet has just been Wrapped around 't-e article, with the overlep under it.

J 11st as the position exemplified in Fig. 83

is reached the releasing tripper is brought into operation to open the jaws 119, 120, and releese thepsper. 1n the preferred form shown, this element consists of suitably shaped stops 151, 152, on oppositesid s of the machine (see Fig. 3), which are lifted onrods 153 converging upon elifting core 154: on the main shaft. These stops, when so lifted are in the path of movement of the roller 1-10 on each side of the machine, and thus act to open the 119, 120, as heretofore described with relation to the rail 14:3. As soon as the stops have released the paper, th y drop'haclr into inoperative "position.

111s fingers continue their progress to v This phase of operation is exenr r ward the position shown in Fig. 4, for annow having the paper lapped around it as,

shown in Fig. The cams 92 on opposite sides then act upon the sliding carriages to withdraw all the blades, and the article remains within the package holder in the condition exemplified-in Fig. 31. The article is now ready to be shifted to the next main unit, or,paper folding unit. This is accomplished by a quarter turn of the Geneva stop gear 59, as before described. It is to be understood, of course, that a new article to be wrapped is introduced into each unit, as the article just acted upon is withdrawn.

. This is indicated in Fig. 1.

It is an important advantage of my invention that the article to be wrapped, whatever its nature, is always maintained in an upright position, and; with this end in view the paper as first applied is lapped beneath the article, so as to be kept in place by the .weight of the article within the packag holder, as indicated in Fig. 35.

The preferred construction of the paper folding unit is, illustrated in Figs. 1 and 15 to 19 inclusive. It comprises four principal secondary units, namely-the steadying device, the initial folder, the side folder and the final folder. Where the article has sufficient stability, thesteadying device may be omitted.

The specific form of steadying device.

herein shown comprises a pressing rod 155 .upon which is loosely mounteda pressing plate 156, borne forward by a spring 157 whereby a predetermined yielding pressure may be applied to the article forsteadying it. The upper end of the rod 155 is furnished with a pin 158, entering a suitably shaped groove in the pressing cam 159 on the shaft 80.

The initial folder comprises two vertical folding plates 160 adjustably fixed on oppo- 166. also fixed on the shaft 80.

upon itas exemplified in Fig. A moment site sides of the sliding carriage 161 furnished with a vertical sleeve 162, sliding within the guide 163, and surrounding the pressing rod A stem S164, rises from the sleeve 162 and has a pin 165 entering a suitablv shaped slot in the initial folder cam As shown in Fig. 16, I prefer to carry the plates 160 on a slot and'pin mounting 167 and to press them downward by a spring, 168, abutting on. a pin 169.

As soon as the wrapped article 167 comes to rest within the scope of the folding unit, the cam 159 acts to press the plate 156 down later, the cam 166 depresses the folding plates 100 which are adjusted to slip down against the ends of the article 67 and form the first fold in the projecting ends of the paper. This is shown in Fig. 36. As soon as the folds are formed the plates 160 are lifted.

The side folders, which are duplicated at the two sides of the machine, comprise the tilting folders, the preparing means, and the folding operators. The tilting folders comprise the folding levers 170 fixed to horizontal shafts 171 arranged to slide longitudinally within and to turn with the revoluble sleeves 172, mounted in fixed bearings 173. It is obvious that, as the wrapped article enters the folding unit, these levers 17.0 must occupy positions beyond the ends of the'projecting paper 132, as shown in Fig. 15. After the article is in place, the levers are moved inward. to folding position by causing the preparing means to slide the shafts 171 inward in their hearing sleeves 172. The two positionsare shown in Fig. 18.

For this purpose the preparing means comprises forked preparing levers 174, on the shafts 175, which are caused to tilt inward by means of the arms 17 6, therods 17 7, the stem 178, the pin 179 and the suitably grooved cam 180 on the shaft 64.

WVhen the folding position is reached, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 18, it becomes necessary to tilt the folding levers inward, one after the other, on each side of the-machine, so as to produce the side folds as shown in Fig. 37. This is done by the folding operators. I prefer to accomplish this by means of a folding cam. on

the v shaft 64, and'in the preferred form shown this cam is formed by an appropriate groove on the side of the cam body 181 (see Fig. 16). Within this groove there slides a pin 18?. on av vertically guided stem 183, from which diverge the rods-.181. These rods are pivoted to arms 185 on the revoluble sleeves 172, whereby movement of the pin 183 is transformed into the proper tilting movement of the levers 170. As shown in Figs. 16 and-18. the connection of one rod 184 on each side with its corresponding.

arm 185 is a pin and slot connection, so that this lever acts a moment later than the one opposed to it. thereby causing one side fold of paper to 'cover the other. as shown in Fig. 37. The folding levers. having formed these side folds are then tilted back prepare tory to formation of the final fold.

. This is formed bythe final folder," which in the preferred form shown comprises the folding flaps 186 pivoted on shafts 187 placed longitudinally of the machine in the relation to the article 67 shown inFigs. 15 and 38. The bearings 188 through which the shafts187 pass are elongated as clearly 

